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Press Releases and Articles

Attorney General Hunter Joins Coalition Urging Social Security Administration to Fight Synthetic Identity Theft

December 10, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today joined a bipartisan coalition of 43 attorneys general in asking the Social Security Administration (SSA) to comply with a new provision of federal law that aims to protect consumers from synthetic identity theft.

Earlier this year, Congress passed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which requires the SSA to develop a database to facilitate the verification of a consumer’s information when requested by a certified financial institution with the consumer’s consent.

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Attorney General Hunter Announces Oklahoma Victims of Debt Collector’s Robo-Signing Scheme to Receive More than $320,000 in Credit

December 4, 2018

 Settlement includes reformed debt buying, collecting practices 

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced 266 Oklahomans, who were victims of Midland Funding, LLC.’s debt-buying scheme, will receive $327,437 in credit as part of a nationwide settlement.

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Attorney General Hunter Files First Degree Murder Charges on two Alleged Tulsa Drug Dealers

November 29, 2018

TULSA – Attorney General Mike Hunter today filed two counts of first degree murder on two alleged drug dealers after an investigation tied them to the overdose death of a Tulsa man.

The investigation by the Tulsa Police Department revealed that the victim, Eric Adams, 25, died from heroin toxicity the day after purchasing the drug from Toni Heath, who was working in collusion with Alex Schmitt to distribute heroin in Tulsa County.

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Behavioral Health Counselor Sentenced to Prison in Fraud Case

November 28, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – A former behavioral health counselor has been sentenced to a year in prison for Medicaid fraud, after a collaborative effort between Attorney General Mike Hunter’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma's office, led by Robert J. Troester.

In addition to his prison sentence, Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen P. Friot ordered Samuel Okere, 61, of Oklahoma City, to serve three years of supervision after his release and pay a $10,000 fine.

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Attorney General Hunter Releases Statement after Oral Arguments in Carpenter v. Murphy at the U.S. Supreme Court

November 27, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Mike Hunter today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Carpenter v. Murphy case.

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NextEra, DOD Extend Deadline amid Continued Negotiations

November 26, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced the Department of Defense (DOD) and NextEra Energy have again extended the deadline to reach a mitigation plan on a wind farm along a route of airspace the military uses for training.

As part of the agreed upon extension, NextEra may proceed with construction on turbines that have been approved by the FAA.

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Attorney General Hunter’s Office Announces Process Created to Allow Some Tate Victims to retrieve Digital Book and Music Files

November 20, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced some of the authors and musicians who were victimized by the owners of Tate Publishing can safely retrieve their work through a secure website set up through the state.

In a letter delivered to over 1,100 Tate victims, authorities with the attorney general’s Consumer Protection Unit explain, step-by-step, how to access the website to download their work.

To read the file letter, click here. 

The letter does not constitute legal advice.

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Update: NextEra, DOD Extend Deadline amid Continued Negotiations

November 13, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced the Department of Defense (DOD) and NextEra Energy have again extended the deadline to reach a mitigation plan on a wind farm along a route of airspace the military uses for training.

As part of the agreed upon extension, NextEra may proceed with construction on turbines that have been approved by the FAA.

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Attorney General Hunter Issues Update on NextEra, DOD Negotiations

November 5, 2018

OKLAHOAM CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter today announced the deadline has been extended for NextEra and the Department of Defense (DOD) to reach a mitigation plan for a wind farm on a route airspace the military uses for training.

If the FAA clears certain turbines, NextEra may proceed with construction only on those that are approved.

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Attorney General Hunter, Okla. County District Attorney David Prater Comment on Death Row Inmate Julius Jones Positive DNA Test Result on Red Bandanna

October 31, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter and Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater today released the following statements on the DNA test result from a red bandanna that matches the DNA of death row inmate Julius Jones.

Earlier this year, Jones’s defense filed a motion with Oklahoma County District Court, asking the judge to have the bandanna tested for his DNA in an attempt to prove his innocence. The state agreed to the DNA testing and the bandanna was sent to a lab chosen by the defense.

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